The Best Episodes of Medical Center Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.5/10(33 votes)

   #1 - The Last 10 Yards

   S1:E19/24/1969

   Bru Wiley, a college football star up for Heisman honors and a top pro career, ignores his failing health.

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   8.5/10(34 votes)

   #2 - Victim

   S1:E210/1/1969

   Although the father of a 7-year-old with severe internal injuries insists the child fell off an embankment, Dr. Gannon suspects the child was beaten.

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   8.4/10(29 votes)

   #3 - Emergency in Ward E

   S1:E310/8/1969

   Focuses on the psychological interplay between two patients in serious shape.

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   8.1/10(26 votes)

   #4 - A Life is Waiting

   S1:E410/15/1969

   The question of a therapeutic abortion divides Nora Caldwell (Barbara Rush) and her husband Dan (John McMartin).

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   7.1/10(24 votes)

   #5 - The Battle of Lily Wu

   S1:E510/22/1969

   A Vietnamese war victim (France Nuyen) is being treated at the medical center.

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   8.6/10(21 votes)

   #6 - The Crooked Circle

   S1:E610/29/1969

   A story about drug addiction.

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   7.7/10(21 votes)

   #7 - Thousands and Thousands of Miles

   S1:E711/12/1969

   Jenny Webb (Brooke Bundy), with a hemorrhaging kidney and a baby on the way, is rejected by her angry father and uncaring boyfriend.

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   8.2/10(19 votes)

   #8 - The Sharpest Edge

   S1:E811/19/1969

   An intradepartmental dispute pits Gannon against the new acting chief of surgery (John Marley).

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   7.9/10(23 votes)

   #9 - Jeopardy

   S1:E911/26/1969

   Dr. Gannon tries to prove that the suddenly violent behavior of student Greg Soreson stems from an organic ailment.

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    7.8/10(22 votes)

    #10 - The Fallen Image

    S1:E1012/3/1969

    A U.S. ambassador (Walter Pidgeon) has a heart condition that could jeopardize a crucial meeting.

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    7.9/10(20 votes)

    #11 - The Loner

    S1:E1112/10/1969

    A patient (Lee Grant) learns a lesson about life from a little boy (Fabian Gregory).

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    8.2/10(19 votes)

    #12 - 24 Hours

    S1:E1212/17/1969

    Gannon stakes his reputation on the integrity of a student nurse (Belinda Montgomery).

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    8.4/10(15 votes)

    #13 - The Adversaries

    S1:E1312/31/1969

    Interns Steve Seagren and Katherine Kenter are both being considered for a much-prized residency.

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    8.0/10(18 votes)

    #14 - The Deceived

    S1:E141/7/1970

    A student facing kidney failure gets no comfort from her alienated family or her disinterested ex-husband.

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    8.2/10(21 votes)

    #15 - Moment of Decision

    S1:E151/14/1970

    Dr. Lochner's emotions conflict with his professional judgment when he faces a crisis concerning his own daughter.

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    7.3/10(19 votes)

    #16 - Runaway

    S1:E161/21/1970

    Dr. Gannon tries to bridge a gap between a 17-year-old and his gruff immigrant father.

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    8.2/10(25 votes)

    #17 - Fright and Flight

    S1:E172/4/1970

    A blind student's recovery depends on recalling the horrible event that caused her loss of sight.

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    6.2/10(16 votes)

    #18 - A Duel with Doom

    S1:E182/11/1970

    The director of a foundation for teenage parolees lays his life on the line to save one of his charges.

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    8.2/10(14 votes)

    #19 - A Matter of Tomorrow

    S1:E192/25/1970

    The story of a dedicated head nurse (Mercedes McCambridge).

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    8.1/10(22 votes)

    #20 - Care is no Cure

    S1:E203/4/1970

    A sensitive story about Gannon's love for an incurably ill woman (Shelby Grant).

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    8.3/10(16 votes)

    #21 - The Professional

    S1:E213/11/1970

    A former gridiron idol (Forrest Tucker) finds living with his own legend unbearable.

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    7.7/10(20 votes)

    #22 - The Combatants

    S1:E223/18/1970

    A research specialist (William Shatner) clashes with Gannon over a possible cancer cure.

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    8.1/10(13 votes)

    #23 - The V.D. Story

    S1:E233/25/1970

    A story about the need to treat venereal disease as a medical problem divorced from social stigma.

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    8.6/10(18 votes)

    #24 - His Brother's Keeper

    S1:E244/1/1970

    Dr. Martin Lambert is blind to the fact that his older son suffers from a muscular disorder and that he has neglected his younger son.

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    8.4/10(14 votes)

    #25 - The Rebel in White

    S1:E254/8/1970

    An ambitious black resident (Georg Stanford Brown) is convinced that Gannon is preventing him from performing surgery.

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